Dinner Time Mac Salad. Moving across the country, I miss the food in California a lot! Being in South Carolina has really pushed me to learn how to cook so I can still enjoy all. There's nothing bland about these salads.

It was sitting on our couch chowing down on our anniversary dinner that we realized: It's a shame the only time we eat mac salad is when some restaurant makes it. Side dishes for mac and cheese can be as easy as sliced apples and carrot sticks or a bagged salad. Or you can steam a bag of frozen vegetables and call dinner done, too. You can cook Dinner Time Mac Salad using 13 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Dinner Time Mac Salad

Prepare of Main ingredient.
Prepare 16 oz of package of pasta whatever you like, I used large sized elbows.
You need 1 can of tuna in water, you can use two cans if you really like tuna, not me....
It's 1 large of vadalia onion chopped small.
Prepare 1 can of peas, drained really well although I didn't have any to use today.
It's of Dressing.
It's 3/4 cup of Helmanns mayo, yes it makes a difference....
Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
It's 1 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper, fresh would be better.
It's 3/4 tsp of garlic powder.
You need 1/2 tsp of onion powder.
It's 3/4 tbsp of sugar for slight sweetness (optional).
It's 1/2 tbsp of sweet relish (optional).

When I have a little more foresight and time on my hands, though, I like to make mac and cheese feel more like a meal by. Macaroni salad is an easy pasta salad that's a mix of elbow pasta, mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, relish, mustard and pimento peppers. So easy in fact by the time the pasta is done cooking you'll have the In the past when making mac salad the mac absorbed all the mayo etc. So adjust your time in the Instant Pot accordingly or cook noodles on the stove.

Dinner Time Mac Salad instructions

This salad is a meal in itself, one my sons have always enjoyed.
Start by boiling water in a large pot, add your pasta and cook about 8 minutes, should be al dente, dont want it mushy, drain and rinse with cold water until pasta is cool. Put pasta, tuna, onions and any veggie you are using together with other ingredients in a large bowl and GENTLY mix, so you dont get good all over like I do, chill until ready to eat.

Diners who don't serve mac salad and stock Tabasco sauce ought to be ashamed of themselves. I'm not sorry because this is absurd… if you own a diner and serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, your ass better have mac salad and please oh fucking god, spend a little extra money and buy some fucking. Authentic Hawaiian Mac Salad is ridiculously simple. It is a no-frills mac salad yet, it is so creamy and flavorful. I had a friend in Hawaii who was also a caterer there.